Session of IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Political Issues and International Cooperation Took Place in Kyrgyzstan
16 November 2023
On 16 November 2023, a session of the IPA CIS Permanent Commission on Political Issues and International Cooperation was held in Bishkek within the framework of the 56th plenary session of the IPA CIS.
The event was chaired by Deputy Chair of the Commission, Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Konstantin Kosachev.
Konstantin Kosachev informed the members of the Commission about the participation of the Commonwealth countries in the patriotic, cultural and educational project “Memory Train” and proposed to expand the geography to all CIS countries.
The project was initiated by Chairperson of the IPA CIS Council, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko and Speaker of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus Natalya Kochanova. This year, school students from Armenia and Kyrgyzstan joined the project. The train route passed through the territory of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus, it also included memorable battle sites of the Great Patriotic War.
The project gave youth from the Commonwealth countries an opportunity to get in touch with history, to learn about the exploits of previous generations, and also to establish direct youth contacts between the regions.
The theme of historic memory was continued by Chair of the Standing Committee of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus for Foreign Affairs and National Security Sergei Rachkov. He voiced the statement of the Presidium of the Council of the Republic regarding the fact that a member of a Nazi military unit was honoured in the Parliament of Canada.
The authors of the document call on interparliamentary and international organizations, including UN and its human rights mechanisms, as well as MPs to assess the incident in the Parliament of Canada and seriously oppose any attempts to glorify the Nazis and their accomplices.
Deputy Chair of the Commission, Deputy Chair of the Standing Commission of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus on International Affairs Tengiz Dumbadze made a presentation on the topic “For the Future of Humanity, Working Together to Stop Neo-Fascism”.
Participants of the session discussed the results of the activities of international parliamentary organizations and coordination of the actions of the CIS parliamentary delegations in the work of these organizations.
The next session of the Commission is scheduled for spring 2024.
